Interview Page #2

Synopsis: Everyone wants a piece of a celebrity. Pierre is a political reporter, assigned to write a fluff piece on Katya, a blond who acts in slasher movies and a Fox show about single girls in the city. The interview, at a restaurant, goes badly: she's late, he's unprepared and rude. After leaving, he bangs his head in a fender bender and she takes him to her loft to clean the wound. Lubricated by alcohol and competitive natures, the interview resumes. She takes phone calls from her fiancé, Pierre reads her diary on her computer. They discuss wounds, he expresses concern, father-daughter feelings arise. Out come camcorders to tape their darkest secrets. Is friendship or more in the offing?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Steve Buscemi
Production: Sony Classics
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
R
Year:
2007
84 min
$252,499
Website
213 Views


I know who you are.

You are beautiful, baby.

Come on.

Don't be that way.

I just wanna see that smile.

That killer smile.

I love you. Yeah.

You're my girl right there.

Come on, give me the whole thing.

Give me the whole thing.

There goes Katya.

Can you just drive, please?

You don't know who that is?

Watch it.

What the hell

is the matter with you?

Pierre?

Are you all right?

Let me see.

Yeah. No.

It's just a bump. I'm fine.

Pierre your bag!

You've left your bag, Pierre!

Let me have a look at you.

Oh, God.

It's bleeding. Wait.

It really wasn't necessary, you know.

Shut up.

You bumped your head.

Do you have a union card?

Come on.

Hallo.

Hi, honey.

You're at home?

No. No. We're still at the restaurant.

Yeah, I know. But I was late.

'Cause it's pretty quiet here right now.

Yeah. Listen, I'm gonna

have to call you back. Okay?

Yeah. Newsworld.

Sweetie, for the film.

Remember?

Okay, sweetie. I'll call you back.

Just watch the game or something.

Bye.

Now let me see.

I can't see. Get in the light.

Here.

On your head.

Yes, doctor.

You know I could really use a drink.

A drink. Yeah.

Do you think that's a good idea?

I mean you probably have concussion.

I do not have a concussion.

Believe me.

I don't have any Bourbon.

Is Scotch okay?

That would be much appreciated.

Me...

Please.

So some place you've got here.

The luxury of success.

Well, when you move out

they can always make it an airport.

Cheers.

Salute!

Listen, I...

I apologize...

For being unprofessional.

Apology accepted.

How is your head?

Couple of more minutes.

Are you gonna sit down

and have a drink with me?

Come on.

You're making me nervous.

This is very good Scotch.

Lucky for you.

It was very kind of you

to bring me here.

It's closer than

the emergency room.

Besides, I must feel responsible.

Well, you should.

This is all your fault.

See that?

That killer smile causes car wrecks.

God, you're better

when you're drunk.

I have a long way to go

before that happens.

I better get you another.

Why don't you just

bring the bottle?

Yes, Captain.

Look, you're more than welcome

to stay and finish up your drink.

But I really have to work

on my lines soon. Okay?

For what?

You're kidding, right?

I'm sorry.

My brain must be frozen.

For my show.

I do a TV show.

I know. I know that.

I knew that. Hum..

I do.

City something.

Sexy City.

City Girls.

Sexy City Girls.

Not sexy.

No, just City Girls.

But you're also sexy.

Don't even pretend you watch

the show, Pierre. Okay?

You're beautiful.

That's why I play the lead.

I'm sorry.

It is...

Really important for your career?

Is journalism important

for your personality?

Yeah, I think so.

How?

Well, it's made me

a better person.

What kind of person

were you before?

So what are you gonna do next?

Basic Instinct 3?

You're not interviewing

me now, okay?

Well, I gotta write something.

Well, make it up.

Everybody else does.

What?

Oh, Maggie.

Stop.

What?

No.

Are you crazy?

No.

It's crazy.

I'm gonna be a while, okay?

There's a computer over there.

You can google me.

Oh nobody.

Sweetie, because of

everything that's going on.

I just really don't think

it's a good idea.

You know. We have to

be really careful. That's all.

Because this has happened before

and it's gonna happen again.

...considered to be the

architect of the president's success,

...has been implicated, along with

several other senior advisers.

The president wasn't answering

any questions today.

The vice-president was also

unavailable for comment.

No sh*t.

The White House decided to hold

a press conference early tomorrow

to address the charges.

Further indictments are anticipated.

Although 'who and when' is a major topic

of speculation inside the Beltway.

Our guest tonight has won two national

News Emmy Awards for his TV work.

With the ABC news show 20:20.

Danny Schechter - great.

Listen, it's after nine.

You don't watch?

Can you turn to Fox, please?

What is your take on

what's going on in Washington?

Well, what happens in scandals like

this is not just the first reports.

But whether or not there'll be

follow-up and persistent digging.

Can I have my remote, please?

Please, I just need to see this.

We find that a lot of journalists

become more competitive.

When there's a big story breaking.

And I think they'll go after this one.

But with an indictment

of this size...

We're likely to see

a feeding frenzy in Washington.

Which could escalate

this into a much bigger crisis.

I think we're gonna see the

blogosphere taking the lead here, but...

Are you still angry with me?

Is that it?

I'm not angry with you.

Then are we still friends?

Of course we're still friends.

Why wouldn't we be?

But friends return phone calls.

Friends tell each other their problems.

Hey, Larry. It's me.

Are you watching that event now?

No, I'm not.

Well, I tell you who's not on it.

Me.

They never let you anyway.

Ha-hah. Very funny.

Because I'm not in DC.

That's why!

Just leave me alone, please.

Not until you tell me

what's going on.

There's nothing going on.

Don't you get it?

Amy.

Look, I just wanna be left alone.

I'm not sending you down there

to hang out just with anybody.

Okay. Look, fine.

I'll pay for it.

I will get there on my own.

All right?

I'll write a story and if you don't like it,

you don't have to use it.

What about the other piece?

What other piece?

The one I'm paying you for.

Yeah. No, it went fine.

We talked about her tits,

we talked about her movies.

It's very moving.

Talk to me.

You know what Larry?

Just forget it.

No, f*** it.

Pierre, maybe next time.

F*** you.

That was stupid.

You know there're more journalists dead

in Iraq than in all of Vietnam War.

F*** you.

I want you to be happy.

That's all.

Amy.

I need you in my life, baby.

You know you

can tell me anything.

I love you.

But I miss you.

I miss you, too, Amy.

Hey, that's you.

No.

Don't look at me.

I'm a mess.

I think you're beautiful.

Who writes this sh*t?

Sophia?

Hi, sweetheart.

I didn't expect to see you here.

I'm good at crying.

You know sometimes...

They want the muffled weep.

Then sometimes the sob.

I'm impressed.

That's a good acting.

I don't know if it's acting.

It's more like a trick, you know?

What other tricks do you know?

I can do this with my tongue.

It's genetic, really. But still...

Now I see why you're star.

At last.

All right. So, were you...

Always interested in acting?

God. Yah.

Pierre. Pierre.

If I were a politician, would you ask

me such uninteresting questions?

Am I that boring to you?

Why do you choose only the most

commercial crap that's out there?

Do you enjoy appearing in B movies?

And horror films?

Do you think you're

any good in them?

I like my movies.

You know I may not be a great

actress, but I will be one day.

And yes, I enjoy entertaining

millions upon millions of people.

How large is your readership?

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Theodor Holman

Theodor Holman (born 9 January 1953 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch journalist, presenter, and writer of Indo descent. He studied Dutch language and History at the University of Amsterdam. He was editor of the satirical student newspaper Propria Cures.A play was premiered in Amsterdam, on 22 March. The play Breivik meets Wilders (Dutch: Breivik ontmoet Wilders) depicts a fictional meeting between Anders Behring Breivik and controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders at London's Heathrow airport in March 2010. The play, running at Amsterdam's De Balie theatre is written by playwright Theodor Holman who one week ahead of the premiere said "I feel a kinship with Anders Breivik." Other plays are currently under development in Sweden and the UK. more…

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